Religion, health and suffering

sources in print and manuscript command respect. The final two chapters deal with Galvani's publication of his definitive views on animal electricity in 1791 and their reception. Stimulating here is Williams' view that Galvani thought about electricity in anatomical terms (although his model was the Leyden jar) whereas Volta, coming from a different direction, saw it quite otherwise. There are suggestions here for historical interpretations quite at variance with the tradition from which they stemmed. Billie Williams has made an important contribution to late eighteenth-century physiological studies. Peter Williams is to be thanked for getting it to the light of day.